Antoine Escalin des Aimars

Antoine Escalin des Aimars
Antoine Escalin des Aimars
	Antoine Escalin des Aimars (1498?-1578)
Nickname(s)	Captain Polin
Born	1516; La Garde-Adhémar, France
Died	1578; La Garde-Adhémar, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Navy
Years of service	c.1535-1578
Rank	General of the galleys
Battles/wars	French invasion of the Isle of Wight (1545); Invasion of Corsica (1553);

Antoine Escalin des Aimars (1516 - 1578), also known as Captain Polin or Captain Paulin, later Baron de La Garde, was French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1541 to 1547, and "Général des Galères" ("General of the galleys") from 1544.

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